LIBERTY TOWNSHIP, OH (FOX19) – The 10-year-old boy who was held hostage in a weekend standoff said he was only “a little bit scared” during his 30-hours as a kidnapping victim.

Sincere Trammell said his captor kept him in a closet and in a vehicle parked in the garage of his mother’s Liberty Township condo. But despite the terrifying ordeal, Sincere said he put on a brave face.

The suspect, Donald Gazaway, 31, fired 20 to 30 bullets at authorities while keeping the young boy in front of him, officials with the Butler County Sheriff's Office said.

Gazaway had four guns, the child said.

The incident started late Friday night. Gazaway got into a dispute with the boy's mother inside the woman's apartment, according to Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones.

He pulled out a gun, and that's when she ran out, along with a male friend.

They left her son behind with the gunman and called the police.

During the 30 hours that followed, authorities kept trying to communicate with the gunman, tossing him cell phones he mostly ignored.

They delivered McDonald's meals to him and the boy and gave them water to drink.

Donald Tobias Gazaway(Photo: Butler County Jail)

Sincere said Gazaway let him eat most of the food.

“He made sure I felt comfortable, and things like that,” Sincere said.

Authorities said they listened as the boy cried and begged to be released. He asked his captor why he was doing this to him. But Gazaway refused to let him go, not even to allow the child to use the bathroom.

Finally, Gazaway surrendered, holding the boy's body in front of his, using the child as a shield one final time.

A judge on Tuesday set Gazaway’s bail at $1 million. He is charged with kidnapping, felonious assault and inducing panic.